Jewish Heritage Europe

Hungary: the uphill battle to clean and maintain Budapest’s vast Kozma street Jewish cemetery. Part 1

Established in the early 1890s, the vast Jewish cemetery on Kozma utca (st.) in an outlying district of Budapest is the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe, encompassing  70 hectares; more than 300,000 people are buried there, in around 175,000 grave … continue reading →

The Bratislava Statement — 10 years on (e ora anche tradotto in italiano)

JHE, with its emphasis on news, resources, and information exchange, was developed as a follow-up to an important seminar held in Bratislava, Slovakia in March 2009 that discussed the state of Jewish heritage sites in Europe as well as strategies … continue reading →

Ukraine: Collapse of buttress threatens long-abandoned 17th century Pidhaitsi synagogue

  Heavy rain caused the almost total collapse of an already damaged buttress, threatening the integrity of the long-abandoned 17th century synagogue in Pidhaitsi, Ukraine, which already was in ruinous condition. The news site te.24minut.ua raised the alarm in an … continue reading →